Faced with the conflict of interests, the City Council
took the initiative to modify the foreseen urban planning, achieving an accord
with the ground owners, reaching a consensus with the civic commission and
planning a new strategy:  growth within the urban ground as an alternative
to the occupation of the free ground.

The positive impacts have been the introduction of
environmental studies prior to the urbanism projects, the participation of the
citizenry, and the signing of agreements for the solution of conflicts, the
change of part of the private homes to public housing at social prices, and the
public acquisition of the natural space of the Valley of Can Carreras as a
definitive guarantee of protection.

The local administration has learned that it may convert
a situation of conflict into an opportunity to reconsider the future that it
can put into place strategies, with the support of the citizenry, in order to
adapt urban planning to the sustainable development requirements of the
municipality.